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> tmux (short for “terminal mux” (short for “multiplexer”)) is i3 for your terminal. What a weird way to describe it. It sounds more like an alternative to gn
by lisper 2y ago
> tmux (short for “terminal mux” (short for “multiplexer”)) is i3 for your terminal.
What a weird way to describe it. It sounds more like an alternative to gnu screen [1] to me. Comparing either of those to i3 seems like a category error to me.
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[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
- granra 2y agoFunnily enough I used to use i3 and later sway until I realized I just full screened everything (on different workspaces) except terminals. Now I just use gnome and attach to a long running tmux session where I split panes to replicate my old tiling workflow.
- pratclot 2y agoExactly, this comparison seems like an insult to tmux. I tried i3 because of all the hype (and lack of sensible arguments to use it), and in an hour realized that it forces me to manage things I did not need to even think about on a normal system. Also, it did not improve my productivity, it slowed me down trying to figure out how to manage my windows. Tmux is great because its features work out of the box without a need to customize anything, this is a common trait of a useful and popular software (bash, ssh, coreutils, curl). i3 is not even close to this.